Name-plate or sign



(NoModL) W. KAUFMANN & A. BURN.

NAME PLATE 0R SIGN. I No. 265,614. Patented Oct. 10, 1882.

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WILLIAM KAUFMANN, OF NE\V YORK, N. Y., AND AUGUST DORN, OF NEWARK, NEWJERSEY.

NAME-PLATE OR SIGN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed July 3, 1882.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, VVILLIAM KAUFMANN, ot'the city, county, and State of New York, and AUGUST Donn, ofNewark,Essex county, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Name-Plates, Signs, &c.; and we do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying sheet of drawings, making partof this specification.

This invention is in the nature of an improvement in name-plates, signs,820.; and the invention consists in a name-plate or sign of cast metal,with ductile retaining-strips secured to its face, in combination with aseries of letters and numbers having notches formed in them, 'wherebythey are fixed to the plate by the indentation of the ductile strips,all combined, constructed, and arranged in the manner more particularlydescribed hereinafter.

In the accompanying sheet ofdrawings, Figure 1 is a plan or top view,showing letters in position; Fig. 2, a section taken in the line at aFig. 1, showing sections of strips and manner 0t fastening anchor-irons;Fig. 3, crosssection, showing letters between strips; Fi 4,crosssection, showing letters held in place by indented strips; Fig.5,.elevati0n of letter detached. i

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

The purpose 0tthis invention is to make expeditiously a durable sign orname-plate, and to that end I cast a plate of metal, A, of any desiredform and size, with strips B, of thin sheet wrought-iron or otherductile metal, cast in or otherwise fixed to the face of the plate, andat right angles to the same. These ductile strips are arranged inparallel lines on the plate A, and are bent over in any suitable manner,so as to incline toward each other, thereby Patent No. 265,614, datedOctober 10, 1882,

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] forming substantially a dovetail section for each strip. Letters O ofthe alphabet and nu mbersot'such proportion as will enable them toeasily slide between two of the parallel strips 13 are made with notchesa in their upper and lower ends. a

When my plates and the letters and numbers are constructed substantiallyas described a name-plate or a sign can in a few moments be produced byplacing the letters between the strips B in proper relation to spell thedesired. name, and with due regard to the spacing of the letters, andwhen so arranged they are fixed immovably in place by simply indentingwith a punch or other instrument the metal of the strips B into thenotches a of the letters and numbers, and the name-plate or sign is thencomplete.

This character of sign or name-plate is particularly applicable to thepurpose of marking graves, and to secure the plate to the earth for thispurpose anchors D are fixed in any desirable manner to the under sideofthe name-plate. The sign or name-plate may be galvanized, japanned, orenameled, or be rendered non-oxidizable by any well-known process.

I do not claim broadly a sign or name-plate with parallel metal groovesand sliding letters fitting therein but Vhat I do claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A sign or name-plate, A, of cast metal, with parallel ductile metalstrips B fixed thereto, in combination with a seriesot' letters andnumbers, U, having notches a formed therein, and adapted to be fastenedto the strips by indenting portions of the strips into the notches a, asand for the purpose described.

WILLIAM KAUFMANN.

AUGUST DORN.

Vitnesses WALTER LARGE, 0. E. SIMMs, Jr.

